Reverse engineering-rapid prototyping of the skull in forensic trauma analysis

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1015-1017

  Kettner, Mattias ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^a   Potente, Stefan ^a   Ramsthaler, Frank ^a   Schrodt, Michael ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Gratz Simulation ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanical trauma analysis; Computed tomography; Forensic science; Maceration; Postmortem; Rapid prototyping; Selective laser sintering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL FRACTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960050093     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01764.x     Document Type: Article

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